Study Jams (Waves and Currents)

Period_____

Name__________________________________

Answer each question in the space provided on the right.

What is a
Tsunami?

What is a wave?

What causes a
wave?

What is a current?

How do currents
move?
Where do they
move?

What causes
Surface
currents?

What is the
Coriolis Effect?

Essential Question:

What causes
waves and
currents?
How do they
move?

Study Jams (Waves and Currents) Quiz

1.
A.
B.
C.
D.

When an underwater volcano erupts, what happens to its energy?

It disappears
It becomes ocean waves
It creates a deep-water current
It returns back into the earth

2.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is the name of waves caused by underwater earthquakes and can destroy a city?
Current
Coriolis
Mega-Wave
Tsunami

3. What is another name for surface currents that go in a giant circle along the edge of
continents?
A. Gyres
B. Waves
C. Wind
D. Coriolis
4.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Which sentence best describes the CORIOLIS EFFECT?

The land temperatures change the deep-water currents

5.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What are surface currents?

Ocean currents that is deep inside the ocean
Currents that move along the edges of continents
Wind that blows in from the surface of the oceans
Energy that the oceans get from the sunlight

6.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What causes deep-water currents?

Temperature and saltiness
The Earths motions on its axis
Water pressure and temperature
Depth and nearness to land

7.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is the main thing that surface currents do?

Cause landslides
Destroy cities
Affect climate
All of the above

Underwater earthquake causes Tsunamis

Moons gravity causes surface currents to curve
Spin of the earth causes winds and currents to curve

Study Jams (Waves and Currents) KEY Name__________________________________

Period_____
Answer each question in the space provided on the right.

What is a
Tsunami?

Waves caused by underwater earthquakes, volcanoes,

landslides
and can cause much damage

What is a wave?

The up and down motion of energy on the surface of the

water

What causes a
wave?

Wind, Earthquakes, Volcanos, Landslides

What is a current? Movement of water in a river of the ocean

How do currents
move?
Where do they
move?

In giant circles along the edges of continents

What causes
Surface
currents?

Winds, Coriolis effect

What is the
Coriolis Effect?

Earths rotation causes winds to curve

which also pushes the surface currents

Essential Question:

A.) Waves and currents are caused by WIND. The Coriolis

Effect makes the wind and currents curve.

A.) What causes

waves and
currents?
B.) How do
currents move?

B.) Currents move in giant circles (Gyres) along the edges

of continents

Study Jams (Waves and Currents) Quiz

1.
A.
B.
C.
D.

When an underwater volcano erupts, what happens to its energy?

It disappears
It becomes ocean waves
It creates a deep-water current
It returns back into the earth

2.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is the name of waves caused by underwater earthquakes and can destroy a city?
Current
Coriolis
Mega-Wave
Tsunami

3. What is another name for surface currents that go in a giant circle along the edge of
continents?
A. Gyres
B. Waves
C. Wind
D. Coriolis
4.
A.
B.
C.
D.

Which sentence best describes the CORIOLIS EFFECT?

The land temperatures change the deep-water currents

5.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What are surface currents?

Ocean currents that is deep inside the ocean
Currents that move along the edges of continents
Wind that blows in from the surface of the oceans
Energy that the oceans get from the sunlight

6.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What causes deep-water currents?

Temperature and saltiness
The Earths motions on its axis
Water pressure and temperature
Depth and nearness to land

7.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is the main thing that surface currents do?

Cause landslides
Destroy cities
Affect climate
All of the above

Underwater earthquake causes Tsunamis

Moons gravity causes surface currents to curve
Spin of the earth causes winds and currents to curve

Study Jams (Tides) Name__________________________________

Answer each question in the space provided on the right.

What are Tides?

How many high tides

are in a day (24
hours)?
How many low tides?

What causes tides?

Why is the moons

gravitational pull on
the earth stronger
than the sun?

Which side of the

Earth has high
tides?

Which side of the

Earth has low
tides?

What is the
alignment of the
moon, earth, and
sun during a neap
tide?
How often does this
occur?
What is the
alignment of the
moon, earth, and
sun during a Spring
tide?

Period_____

How often does this

occur?

Study Jams (Tides) Quiz

1.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is a tide?
An extreme pull from the gravity of the Sun
Something that happens to the ocean every two days
A cyclical pattern of temperatures and currents
A continual rise and fall of water level in the oceans

2.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is the moons role in causing tides?

The moons reflection of the sun causes tides to rise and fall
The moons gravity causes the water level on earth to rise and fall
The moons inertia causes the tides
It has no effect on the Earths tides

3.
A.
B.
C.
D.

On which side of the earth do high tides occur?

On the side closest to the moon and farthest away from the moon
At the equator, the North Pole, and the South Pole
Only the sides that the closest to the moon
Only the sides farthest away from the moon

4.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What causes high tide on the Earth opposite of the moon?

The pull of the sun on the opposite side

The tilt of the Earths axis

The moons gravity also pulls on the solid earth
Earths magnetic field

5. What type of tide is it when the Moon, Earth, and the Sun align together to cause an
extremely high tide?
A. Neap Tide
B. Neat Tide
C. Sweep Tide
D. Spring Tide
6.
A.
B.
C.
D.

How do the Moon, Earth, and the Sun work to create a neap tide?
Moon, Earth, and Sun forms a right angle and cancels each others gravitational pulls
Moon, Earth, and Sun forms a right angle and causing extreme strong gravitational pulls
Moon, Earth, and Sun line up in a straight line to cause extreme tides
Moon, Earth, and Sun a 60 degree angle and cancel gravity

7. How often do high and low tides occur at a certain location on Earth?
A. Once a week

B. Tides have no pattern

C. High and low tides occur twice a month while spring and neap tides occur twice a year
D. High and low tides occur twice a day while spring and neap tides occur twice a month

Study Jams (Tides) KEY

Name__________________________________

Period_____

Answer each question in the space provided on the right.

What are Tides?

The daily (continuous) rise and fall of the ocean level

How many how high

tides are in a day (24 2 high tides and
hours)?
2 low tides
How many low tides?
The gravity of the moon and the sun:

What causes tides?

Mostly the moon because it is closer.

Why is the moons

gravitational pull on
the earth stronger
than the sun?

Because it is closer

Which side of the

Earth has high
tides?

The side closest facing the moon and on the opposite side
farthest from the moon

Which side of the

Earth has low
tides?

In between the high tides

At right angles to the high tides

What is the
alignment of the
moon, earth, and
sun during a neap
tide?
How often does this
occur?

The Moon, Earth, and Sun form a right angle

Neap tides occur 2 times a month

What is the
alignment of the
moon, earth, and
sun during a Spring
tide?

The Moon, Earth, and Sun form a straight line

Spring tides occur 2 times a month

How often does this

occur?

Study Jams (Tides) Quiz

1.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is a tide?
An extreme pull from the gravity of the Sun
Something that happens to the ocean every two days
A cyclical pattern of temperatures and currents
A continual rise and fall of water level in the oceans

2.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What is the moons role in causing tides?

The moons reflection of the sun causes tides to rise and fall
The moons gravity causes the water level on earth to rise and fall
The moons inertia causes the tides
It has no effect on the Earths tides

3.
A.
B.
C.
D.

On which side of the earth do high tides occur?

On the side closest to the moon and farthest away from the moon
At the equator, the North Pole, and the South Pole
Only the sides that the closest to the moon
Only the sides farthest away from the moon

4.
A.
B.
C.
D.

What causes high tide on the Earth opposite of the moon?

The pull of the sun on the opposite side

The tilt of the Earths axis

The moons gravity also pulls on the solid earth
Earths magnetic field

5. What type of tide is it when the Moon, Earth, and the Sun align together to cause an
extremely high tide?
A. Neap Tide
B. Neat Tide
C. Sweep Tide
D. Spring Tide
6.
A.
B.
C.
D.

How do the Moon, Earth, and the Sun work to create a neap tide?
Moon, Earth, and Sun forms a right angle and cancels each others gravitational pulls
Moon, Earth, and Sun forms a right angle and causing extreme strong gravitational pulls
Moon, Earth, and Sun line up in a straight line to cause extreme tides
Moon, Earth, and Sun a 60 degree angle and cancel gravity

7.
A.
B.
C.
D.

How often do high and low tides occur at a certain location on Earth?
Once a week
Tides have no pattern
High and low tides occur twice a month while spring and neap tides occur twice a year
High and low tides occur twice a day while spring and neap tides occur twice a month